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| A.D.C. Airlines v Sannoh LRSC 11; 38 LLR 615 (1998) | 1998, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 1998 Opinions, accrual of cause of action, Appellate Review, Banking Law, breach of deposit contract, civil law, Commercial Law, conversion, correspondence, costs assessed, currency denomination, Damages for Wrong, deposit account, disposition of law issues, last transaction rule, Liberian dollar account, mandate, Montserrado County, mutual open and current account, notice, reciprocal demands, remand, retrial ordered, Reversal, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia, time bar, United States dollar account, written demand, wrongful withholding | a-d-c-airlines-v-sannoh-lrsc-11-38-llr-615-1998 knuckles-v-tradevco | 1998-opinions accrual-of-cause-of-action appellate-review banking-law breach-of-deposit-contract civil-law commercial-law conversion correspondence costs-assessed currency-denomination damages-for-wrong deposit-account disposition-of-law-issues last-transaction-rule liberian-dollar-account mandate montserrado-county mutual-open-and-current-account notice reciprocal-demands remand retrial-ordered reversal sixth-judicial-circuit statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia time-bar united-states-dollar-account written-demand wrongful-withholding | 1998-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Access Bank Liberia (Limited) v. Wael Gharzerddine (2024) | 2024, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2024 Opinions, Accessbank (Liberia) Limited, action of damages, Appellate Review, ArcelorMittal, Auto Elegance, Banking Law, breach of contract, Commercial Court of Liberia, Commercial Law, Contract Law, corporate succession, Costs, credibility of witnesses, Cross-examination inconsistency, Damages for Wrong, documentary evidence, general damages, implied admission, legal capacity to sue, lost profits, mandate, mitigation, modification of judgment, Monrovia, Montserrado County, non-retroactivity, one-judge jurisdiction, preponderance of evidence, proof of special damages, punitive damages, shareholder rights, sole proprietorship, special damages, Standing, statutory threshold, subject matter jurisdiction, subpoena, Supreme Court of Liberia, three-judge panel, Tort Law, Wael Gharzeddine | access-bank-liberia-limited-v-wael-gharzerddine-2024 | 2024-opinions accessbank-liberia-limited action-of-damages appellate-review arcelormittal auto-elegance banking-law breach-of-contract commercial-court-of-liberia commercial-law contract-law corporate-succession costs credibility-of-witnesses cross-examination-inconsistency damages-for-wrong documentary-evidence general-damages implied-admission legal-capacity-to-sue lost-profits mandate mitigation modification-of-judgment monrovia montserrado-county non-retroactivity one-judge-jurisdiction preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-special-damages punitive-damages shareholder-rights sole-proprietorship special-damages standing statutory-threshold subject-matter-jurisdiction subpoena supreme-court-of-liberia three-judge-panel tort-law wael-gharzeddine | 2024-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Acquillas Construction Company v. The Government of the Republic of Liberia (2023) | 2023, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Evidence Law | 2023 Opinions, action of debt, allegations of fraud, arbitration, Article III, Article VII, bondholder claims, Certiorari, Chambers Justice, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, Commercial Court, Commercial Court Act, Commercial Dispute, commercial dispute resolution, Commercial Law, Debt Action, duplicated bonds, evidentiary dispute, expert determination, extortion allegations, factual disputes in commercial cases, financial instruments, fraud, Government of Liberia, inflated claim, interlocutory ruling, jurisdictional challenge, Jury Trial, Ministry of Finance, Montserrado County, National Bank of Liberia, national savings bonds, non-jury trial, peremptory writ denied, petition for writ of certiorari, prompt disposition of commercial cases, public debt, redemption of bonds, referees, remedial process, Reversal, savings bonds, Sixth Judicial Circuit, specialized courts, Statutory interpretation, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial court error, unjust enrichment, verification process, writ quashed | acquillas-construction-company-v-the-government-of-the-republic-of-liberia-2023 | 2023-opinions action-of-debt allegations-of-fraud arbitration article-iii article-vii bondholder-claims certiorari chambers-justice civil-law-court civil-procedure commercial-court commercial-court-act commercial-dispute commercial-dispute-resolution commercial-law debt-action duplicated-bonds evidentiary-dispute expert-determination extortion-allegations factual-disputes-in-commercial-cases financial-instruments fraud government-of-liberia inflated-claim interlocutory-ruling jurisdictional-challenge jury-trial ministry-of-finance montserrado-county national-bank-of-liberia national-savings-bonds non-jury-trial peremptory-writ-denied petition-for-writ-of-certiorari prompt-disposition-of-commercial-cases public-debt redemption-of-bonds referees remedial-process reversal savings-bonds sixth-judicial-circuit specialized-courts statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia trial-court-error unjust-enrichment verification-process writ-quashed | 2023-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Afriland Bank Liberia Limited v The Management of Kailondo, Inc. (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appellate Review, audit report, Banking Law, Commercial Law, counsel fees, court-appointed referee, Default, demand letter, Due Process, escrow deposit, Foreclosure of Mortgage, interest and penalties, loan restructuring, Montserrado County, mortgage deed, motion to rescind judgment, notice requirement, objection to referee report, overdraft facility, proper accounting, reversal and remand, scope of reference, secured transactions, Supreme Court of Liberia | afriland-bank-liberia-limited-v-the-management-of-kailondo | 2025-opinions appellate-review audit-report banking-law commercial-law counsel-fees court-appointed-referee default demand-letter due-process escrow-deposit foreclosure-of-mortgage interest-and-penalties loan-restructuring montserrado-county mortgage-deed motion-to-rescind-judgment notice-requirement objection-to-referee-report overdraft-facility proper-accounting reversal-and-remand scope-of-reference secured-transactions supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| APM Terminals Ltd. v TRH Trading Corporation and Fresh Frozen Food (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinion, apm terminals liberia, Commercial Court, concession agreement, contractual authority, declaratory judgment, freeport of monrovia, fresh frozen food, health and safety standards, Ministry of Commerce, Property Rights, reefer containers, regulatory compliance, Supreme Court of Liberia, tariff guide, trh trading corporation, unauthorized plugging | apm-terminals-ltd-v-trh-trading-corporation-and-fresh-frozen-food-2025 | 2025-opinion apm-terminals-liberia commercial-court concession-agreement contractual-authority declaratory-judgment freeport-of-monrovia fresh-frozen-food health-and-safety-standards ministry-of-commerce property-rights reefer-containers regulatory-compliance supreme-court-of-liberia tariff-guide trh-trading-corporation unauthorized-plugging | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Appleton v RL LRSC 31; 23 LLR 109 (1974) | 1974, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, National Security Law | 1974 Opinions, Abuse of Office, Appellate Review, Assistant County Attorney, bias, border control, county inspector, Criminal Law, customs enforcement, discharge without day, evidentiary insufficiency, failure to charge an offense, fair trial, Fourth Judicial Circuit, improper jury argument, indictment, inflammatory remarks, judicial neutrality, justice of the peace, law license requirement, malfeasance, Maryland County, motion for new trial, motion in arrest of judgment, no adverse inference, official duties, official misconduct, Prosecutorial Misconduct, public officers, Public Policy, Reversal, right to remain silent, seizure of goods, sufficiency of indictment, Sunday Collins, Supreme Court of Liberia, unauthorized practice of law, unlawful authorization, verdict contrary to the evidence. | appleton-v-rl-lrsc-31-23-llr-109-1974 | 1974-opinions abuse-of-office appellate-review assistant-county-attorney bias border-control county-inspector criminal-law customs-enforcement discharge-without-day evidentiary-insufficiency failure-to-charge-an-offense fair-trial fourth-judicial-circuit improper-jury-argument indictment inflammatory-remarks judicial-neutrality justice-of-the-peace law-license-requirement malfeasance maryland-county motion-for-new-trial motion-in-arrest-of-judgment no-adverse-inference official-duties official-misconduct prosecutorial-misconduct public-officers public-policy reversal right-to-remain-silent seizure-of-goods sufficiency-of-indictment sunday-collins supreme-court-of-liberia unauthorized-practice-of-law unlawful-authorization verdict-contrary-to-the-evidence | 1974-1 commercial-law-cases constitutional-law-cases criminal-law-cases national-security-law supreme-court | |
| Armstrong v Citadel Mining Services & Construction Liberia Ltd. (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, Appellate Review, automatic renewal clause, Bomi County, Citadel Mining Services & Construction Liberia Ltd, clause three demobilization, contractual obligation, debt by attachment, Debt Court, equipment possession, equipment rental agreement, Hans Armstrong, lis pendens, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, remand for trial, Res Judicata, Supreme Court of Liberia, Western Cluster Iron Ore Mining Company | armstrong-v-citadel-mining-services-construction-liberia-ltd-2025 | 2025-opinions appellate-review automatic-renewal-clause bomi-county citadel-mining-services-construction-liberia-ltd clause-three-demobilization contractual-obligation debt-by-attachment debt-court equipment-possession equipment-rental-agreement hans-armstrong lis-pendens montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss remand-for-trial res-judicata supreme-court-of-liberia western-cluster-iron-ore-mining-company | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Blackie et al v The Intestate Estate of Patrick Wolo Saryene (2025) | 2025, Commercial Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, admissions, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, burden of proof, cancellation of mortgage, capacity to sue and be sued, Chain of Title, civil law, decedent estates law, Ejectment, encroachment, Estate Administration, Estoppel, fraudulent conveyance, Gardnersville Township, Intestate Estate, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, Letters of Administration, Montserrado County, mortgage agreement, National Housing Authority, Real Property, renewal of mortgage, Stephen A. Tolbert Housing Estate, Supreme Court of Liberia, title deed, validity of deed, void deed, writ of possession, wrongful withholding | blackie-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-patrick-wolo-saryene-2025 | 2025-opinions admissions affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof cancellation-of-mortgage capacity-to-sue-and-be-sued chain-of-title civil-law decedent-estates-law ejectment encroachment estate-administration estoppel fraudulent-conveyance gardnersville-township intestate-estate jury-verdict land-dispute letters-of-administration montserrado-county mortgage-agreement national-housing-authority real-property renewal-of-mortgage stephen-a-tolbert-housing-estate supreme-court-of-liberia title-deed validity-of-deed void-deed writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 commercial-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Blamo v Zulu et al LRSC 16; 30 LLR 586 (1983) | 1983, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Evidence Law | abandonment of defense, action of debt, Appellate Review, attachment, attorney’s fees dispute, Chambers Justice, damages vs. debt, enforcement of judgment stayed, Grand Gedeh County, jurisdictional error, People’s Debt Court, pleadings and averments, Rule 7 (Circuit Court Rules), subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial procedure, Void Judgment, witness oath requirement, Writ of Prohibition | abandonment-of-defense action-of-debt appellate-review attachment attorneys-fees-dispute chambers-justice damages-vs-debt enforcement-of-judgment-stayed grand-gedeh-county jurisdictional-error peoples-debt-court pleadings-and-averments rule-7-circuit-court-rules subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia trial-procedure void-judgment witness-oath-requirement writ-of-prohibition | 1983-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | ||
| Consolidated Group, Inc. v. SATCON Communication Services et al (2025) | 2025, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Intellectual Property Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2025 Opinions, Agency Authority, beIN Sports, Broadcasting, Commercial Law, Content Rights, damages, DStv, English Premier League, Injunction, intellectual property, La Liga, Liberia Supreme Court, Liberia Telecommunication Authority, MultiChoice, Piracy, Representative Agreement, Standing to Sue, SuperSport, Telecommunications | consolidated-group inc-v-satcon-communication-services-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions agency-authority bein-sports broadcasting commercial-law content-rights damages dstv english-premier-league injunction intellectual-property la-liga liberia-supreme-court liberia-telecommunication-authority multichoice piracy representative-agreement standing-to-sue supersport telecommunications | 2025-1 commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case evidence-law intellectual-property-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Doe v. His Honor Joseph N. Nagbe et al (2021) | 2021, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Labor Law | 2021 Opinions, action of debt for severance/benefits, admission of indebtedness (sum certain), Civil Procedure Law, corporate handbook benefits vs “severance”, Debt Court vs Ministry of Labour, Decent Work Act 2015 s.14.5(c), employer–employee vs debtor–creditor relationship, extraordinary writ limits (prohibition not substitute for appeal), Jackson F. Doe Jr., Justice Joseph N. Nagbe (Chambers), Justice Yussif D. Kaba, Labor Law, LPRC (Liberia Petroleum Refining Company), petition for writ of prohibition, presidential appointee (managing director), subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia | doe-v-his-honor-joseph-n-nagbe-et-al-2021 | 2021-opinions action-of-debt-for-severance-benefits admission-of-indebtedness-sum-certain civil-procedure-law corporate-handbook-benefits-vs-severance debt-court-vs-ministry-of-labour decent-work-act-2015-s-14-5c employer-employee-vs-debtor-creditor-relationship extraordinary-writ-limits-prohibition-not-substitute-for-appeal jackson-f-doe-jr justice-joseph-n-nagbe-chambers justice-yussif-d-kaba labor-law lprc-liberia-petroleum-refining-company petition-for-writ-of-prohibition presidential-appointee-managing-director subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia | 2021-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases labor-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Douyeya Business Center v. Milochewsky, Jr. (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2025 Opinions, action of debt, Civil Procedure, Commercial Dispute, Contract Law, damages, Debt Court, Jurisdiction, Sales Transaction, Supreme Court of Liberia | douyeya-business-center-v-milochewsky jr-2025 | 2025-opinions action-of-debt civil-procedure commercial-dispute contract-law damages debt-court jurisdiction sales-transaction supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Eco Fuel VS. Srimex Oil & Gas (2019) | 2019, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2019 Opinions, abuse of discretion, appellate procedure, Chambers Justice, Civil Law Court, Concurrent Jurisdiction, contractual rights, declaratory judgment, indemnity bond, lease agreement, Monrovia, Montserrado County, petroleum storage facility, preliminary injunction, stay of enforcement, Supreme Court of Liberia, temporary restraining order, writ of mandamus | eco-fuel-vs-srimex-oil-gas-2019 | 2019-opinions abuse-of-discretion appellate-procedure chambers-justice civil-law-court concurrent-jurisdiction contractual-rights declaratory-judgment indemnity-bond lease-agreement monrovia montserrado-county petroleum-storage-facility preliminary-injunction stay-of-enforcement supreme-court-of-liberia temporary-restraining-order writ-of-mandamus | 2019-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Ecobank Liberia Limited v The Management of Consolidated Group, Inc. (2020) | 2020, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2020 Opinions, action of debt, alternative writ quashed, Appeal, Banking Law, banking transaction, certiorari (interlocutory review), Chambers Justice ruling reversed, civil law, Civil Procedure Law Sections 5.51 and 6.1, Commercial Court, Commercial Law, Consolidated Group, contracts (express or implied), corporate guarantee, costs to abide final determination, Debt Action, Debt Court, Default, Ecobank Liberia Limited, exhaustion of remedies, guaranty, Inc., Joinder of Parties, Jurisdiction, leasehold mortgage, loan facility, mandate to resume jurisdiction, medium term loan, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Mortgage Foreclosure, Necessary Parties, peremptory writ denied, permissive joinder, personal guarantee, petition for writ of certiorari, principal debtor and guarantor, Radacon Liberia Limited, restructuring of loan, set-off, Simeon Freeman, Supreme Court of Liberia, unauthorized debit, writ practice | ecobank-liberia-limited-v-the-management-of-consolidated-group-inc-2020 ecobank-v-consolidated-group-2020 | 2020-opinions action-of-debt alternative-writ-quashed appeal banking-law banking-transaction certiorari-interlocutory-review chambers-justice-ruling-reversed civil-law civil-procedure-law-sections-5-51-and-6-1 commercial-court commercial-law consolidated-group contracts-express-or-implied corporate-guarantee costs-to-abide-final-determination debt-action debt-court default ecobank-liberia-limited exhaustion-of-remedies guaranty inc joinder-of-parties jurisdiction leasehold-mortgage loan-facility mandate-to-resume-jurisdiction medium-term-loan monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-foreclosure necessary-parties peremptory-writ-denied permissive-joinder personal-guarantee petition-for-writ-of-certiorari principal-debtor-and-guarantor radacon-liberia-limited restructuring-of-loan set-off simeon-freeman supreme-court-of-liberia unauthorized-debit writ-practice | 2020-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Ecobank v Kakata Holding Company et al LRSC 2 (2013) | 2013, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2013 Opinions, Appellate Review, bailor-bailee relationship, bank charges and fees, Banking Law, breach of contract, Commercial Law, Contract Law, damages, Ecobank Liberia Limited, Escrow Account, fiduciary obligations of banks, Kakata Holding Company, letter of credit, Margibi County, Ministry of Education contract, modification of judgment, Mutual Benefits Assurance Company, performance bond, setoff, special deposit, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, tripartite memorandum of understanding | ecobank-v-kakata-holding-company-et-al-lrsc-2-2013 | 2013-opinions appellate-review bailor-bailee-relationship bank-charges-and-fees banking-law breach-of-contract commercial-law contract-law damages ecobank-liberia-limited escrow-account fiduciary-obligations-of-banks kakata-holding-company letter-of-credit margibi-county ministry-of-education-contract modification-of-judgment mutual-benefits-assurance-company performance-bond setoff special-deposit summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia tripartite-memorandum-of-understanding | 2013-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Farhat v. The Management of the Liberia Trading and Development Bank (TRADEVCO) (2016) | 2016, Banking Law, Commercial Law, Evidence Law | 2016 Opinions, Appellate Review, bank records, Banking Law, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Central Bank of Liberia, civil law, civil war, Commercial Law, debt, Debt Court, documentary evidence, financial institutions, Judicial Notice, liquidation, Montserrado County, savings account, substantial justice, Supreme Court of Liberia, uncertified copies | farhat-v-the-management-of-the-liberia-trading-and-development-bank-tradevco-2016 | 2016-opinions appellate-review bank-records banking-law best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof central-bank-of-liberia civil-law civil-war commercial-law debt debt-court documentary-evidence financial-institutions judicial-notice liquidation montserrado-county savings-account substantial-justice supreme-court-of-liberia uncertified-copies | 2016-1 banking-law commercial-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Firestone Liberia Inc. v MARDCO LRSC 16 (2016) | 2016, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law | 2016 Opinions, accounting proceedings, agency relationship, ambiguity in contract, award of punitive damages, breach of contract, burden of proof, business losses, civil law, Commercial Law, construction against drafter, Contract Law, contractual interpretation, corporate liability, corporate officer misconduct, corporate transactions, damages for breach of contract, deterrence principle, Estoppel, failure to prove general damages, fiduciary breach, financial mismanagement, Firestone v Kollie, general damages, good faith and fair dealing, improper payment, insufficiency of evidence, Intrusco Corp v Ossely, Konn, LoneStar v Wright, memorandum of understanding, modification of damages, notice and noncompliance, payment dispute, pleading and proof of special damages, preponderance of evidence, proof of damages, punitive damages, separate causes of action, special damages, Supreme Court of Liberia, third-party liability, unjust enrichment, willful breach | firestone-liberia-inc-v-mardco-lrsc-16-2016 | 2016-opinions accounting-proceedings agency-relationship ambiguity-in-contract award-of-punitive-damages breach-of-contract burden-of-proof business-losses civil-law commercial-law construction-against-drafter contract-law contractual-interpretation corporate-liability corporate-officer-misconduct corporate-transactions damages-for-breach-of-contract deterrence-principle estoppel failure-to-prove-general-damages fiduciary-breach financial-mismanagement firestone-v-kollie general-damages good-faith-and-fair-dealing improper-payment insufficiency-of-evidence intrusco-corp-v-ossely konn lonestar-v-wright memorandum-of-understanding modification-of-damages notice-and-noncompliance payment-dispute pleading-and-proof-of-special-damages preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-damages punitive-damages separate-causes-of-action special-damages supreme-court-of-liberia third-party-liability unjust-enrichment willful-breach | 2016-1 commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Griffiths v RL LRSC 77; 22 LLR 288 (1973) | 1973, Banking Law, Commercial Law, Criminal Law | 1973 Opinions, abuse of criminal process, Appellate Review, bad checks, bank checks, business transactions, circumstantial evidence, Commercial Law, construction of statutes, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Debt Action, debt collection abuse, dishonored checks, double jeopardy, drawer of check, Evidence, felonious intent, fine, First Judicial Circuit, fraud, grand larceny, indictment, indictment sufficiency, insufficient funds, intent to defraud, International Trust Company of Liberia, larceny, Liberia Trading Corporation, lis pendens, Montserrado County, notice of dishonor, private prosecutor, remand, replevin, Restitution, retrial, self-incrimination, Statutory interpretation, subpoena duces tecum, Supreme Court of Liberia, ten-day notice, worthless checks, written notice | griffiths-v-rl-lrsc-77-22-llr-288-1973 | 1973-opinions abuse-of-criminal-process appellate-review bad-checks bank-checks business-transactions circumstantial-evidence commercial-law construction-of-statutes criminal-law criminal-procedure debt-action debt-collection-abuse dishonored-checks double-jeopardy drawer-of-check evidence felonious-intent fine first-judicial-circuit fraud grand-larceny indictment indictment-sufficiency insufficient-funds intent-to-defraud international-trust-company-of-liberia larceny liberia-trading-corporation lis-pendens montserrado-county notice-of-dishonor private-prosecutor remand replevin restitution retrial self-incrimination statutory-interpretation subpoena-duces-tecum supreme-court-of-liberia ten-day-notice worthless-checks written-notice | 1973-1 banking-law commercial-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Guaranty Trust (GT) Bank v. Sirleaf (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2023 Opinions, adverse inference, Appellate Review, Banking Law, best evidence rule, Bojelene Guest House Inc., breach of deposit contract, burden of proof, Charles E. Sirleaf, Commercial Court of Liberia, Commercial Law, Contract Law, contributory negligence, Costs, credibility of witnesses, Deposit Contract, evidentiary standards, excessive damages, expert witness, failure to testify, forensic examination, forged signature, fraudulent withdrawals, general damages, GT Bank (Liberia) Limited, Guaranty Trust Bank (Liberia) Limited, handwriting analysis, Liberia National Police, mandate, mitigation of damages, Monrovia, Montserrado County, preponderance of evidence, punitive damages, qualification of expert, questioned documents, remand, reversal on appeal, SMS alert deactivation, special damages, subpoenaed witnesses, Supreme Court of Liberia | guaranty-trust-gt-bank-v-sirleaf-2023 | 2023-opinions adverse-inference appellate-review banking-law best-evidence-rule bojelene-guest-house-inc breach-of-deposit-contract burden-of-proof charles-e-sirleaf commercial-court-of-liberia commercial-law contract-law contributory-negligence costs credibility-of-witnesses deposit-contract evidentiary-standards excessive-damages expert-witness failure-to-testify forensic-examination forged-signature fraudulent-withdrawals general-damages gt-bank-liberia-limited guaranty-trust-bank-liberia-limited handwriting-analysis liberia-national-police mandate mitigation-of-damages monrovia montserrado-county preponderance-of-evidence punitive-damages qualification-of-expert questioned-documents remand reversal-on-appeal sms-alert-deactivation special-damages subpoenaed-witnesses supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Gulley et al. v The intestate Estate of the late Ethel Kaba Gayflorzee LRSC 1 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Property Law | Chambers Justice, Ejectment, foreclosure, Intestate Estate, joint tenancy, judicial sale, Liberia Supreme Court, mortgage law, NHSB, Prohibition, Real Property, Service by Publication, Sheriff’s Deed, Survivorship | gulley-et-al-v-the-intestate-estate-of-the-late-ethel-kaba-gayflorzee-lrsc-1-2016 | chambers-justice ejectment foreclosure intestate-estate joint-tenancy judicial-sale liberia-supreme-court mortgage-law nhsb prohibition real-property service-by-publication sheriffs-deed survivorship | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intestate Estate of Musa kamara v. Her Honor Eva Mappy Morgan (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Judiciary Law, Property Law | 2023 Opinions, adverse claim, appellate procedure, Banking Law, Bill of information, cognizability, Commercial Court of Liberia, Commercial Law, creditors remedies, debt recovery, dismissal of appeal, Due Process, Enforcement of Judgment, enforcement proceedings, Estate Administration, execution of mandate, Failure to Perfect Appeal, fair hearing, finality of judgment, foreclosure sale, Holder v. Intestate Estate of Sarah King-Howard, improper execution, International Bank (Liberia) Limited, Intestate Estate of Musa M. Kamara, judicial auction, Judicial Review, Jurisdiction, Kpoto v. Kpoto, mandate of the Supreme Court, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Mortgage Foreclosure, Motion to dismiss appeal, procedural irregularities, Property Rights, Rule IV Part 12 Supreme Court Rules, sheriff sale, special proceedings, Sr., Supreme Court of Liberia | intestate-estate-of-musa-kamara-v-her-honor-eva-mappy-morgan-2023 | 2023-opinions adverse-claim appellate-procedure banking-law bill-of-information cognizability commercial-court-of-liberia commercial-law creditors-remedies debt-recovery dismissal-of-appeal due-process enforcement-of-judgment enforcement-proceedings estate-administration execution-of-mandate failure-to-perfect-appeal fair-hearing finality-of-judgment foreclosure-sale holder-v-intestate-estate-of-sarah-king-howard improper-execution international-bank-liberia-limited intestate-estate-of-musa-m-kamara judicial-auction judicial-review jurisdiction kpoto-v-kpoto mandate-of-the-supreme-court monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-foreclosure motion-to-dismiss-appeal procedural-irregularities property-rights rule-iv-part-12-supreme-court-rules sheriff-sale special-proceedings sr supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases inheritance-law-cases judiciary-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Intrusco Corp. v Firetex Inc. LRSC 10; 32 LLR 11 (1984) | 1984, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law | 1984 Opinions, accord and satisfaction, appearance equals service, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, contract for services, Costs, Debt Action, Evidence, inconsistency in pleadings, investigative services, judgment affirmed, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, personal jurisdiction, release and estoppel, service of summons, successful counsel’s fee, Supreme Court of Liberia, venue, verification of pleadings | intrusco-corp-v-firetex-inc-lrsc-10-32-llr-11-1984 | 1984-opinions accord-and-satisfaction appearance-equals-service bill-of-exceptions civil-law contract-for-services costs debt-action evidence inconsistency-in-pleadings investigative-services judgment-affirmed montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss personal-jurisdiction release-and-estoppel service-of-summons successful-counsels-fee supreme-court-of-liberia venue verification-of-pleadings | 1984-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| J. Annan Automobile Export and Effestrasse v. Yourne Trading Company, Inc. et al. (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Appeal Dismissal, Article IV(3), Civil Procedure, Commercial Code, Commercial Court, Enforcement of Judgment, Escrow Account, Foreclosure Auction, Jurisdiction, Liberia Supreme Court, Monetary Judgment, Mortgage Foreclosure, Motion to Dismiss | inc-et-al-2025 j-annan-automobile-export-and-effestrasse-v-yourne-trading-company | 2025-opinions appeal-dismissal article-iv3 civil-procedure commercial-code commercial-court enforcement-of-judgment escrow-account foreclosure-auction jurisdiction liberia-supreme-court monetary-judgment mortgage-foreclosure motion-to-dismiss | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Jun v Kamand (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law | 2024 Opinions, action of debt by attachment, Appeal bond, appeal dismissibility, Appellate Review, Bill of Exceptions, civil law, Clerk’s Certificate, Debt Court, Enforcement of Judgment, jurisdictional requirements, Montserrado County, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, partial payment, Procedural Default, stipulation negotiation, Supreme Court of Liberia | jun-v-kamand-2024 the-management-of-the-national-port-authority-v-sekou-h-dukuly-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-debt-by-attachment appeal-bond appeal-dismissibility appellate-review bill-of-exceptions civil-law clerks-certificate debt-court enforcement-of-judgment jurisdictional-requirements montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal partial-payment procedural-default stipulation-negotiation supreme-court-of-liberia | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kamand v Jun (2023) | 2023, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Ethics | 2023, 2023 Opinions, abuse of process, action of debt by attachment, Appeal, April 19, Attorney Discipline, Certiorari, civil law, Code of Moral and Professional Ethics, Commercial Code, Commercial Court, Concurrent Jurisdiction, continuance, Debt Court, default judgment application, dilatory tactics, disputed signature, doctrine of recency, fines, fraud allegation, judgment during trial, jurisdictional threshold, loan agreement, mandamus to resume jurisdiction, mixed issues of law and fact, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion to refuse jurisdiction, New Judiciary Law, petition for writ of certiorari, plain meaning rule, promissory note, sanctions, Statutory interpretation, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia | kamand-v-jun-2023 | 2023 2023-opinions abuse-of-process action-of-debt-by-attachment appeal april-19 attorney-discipline certiorari civil-law code-of-moral-and-professional-ethics commercial-code commercial-court concurrent-jurisdiction continuance debt-court default-judgment-application dilatory-tactics disputed-signature doctrine-of-recency fines fraud-allegation judgment-during-trial jurisdictional-threshold loan-agreement mandamus-to-resume-jurisdiction mixed-issues-of-law-and-fact monrovia montserrado-county motion-to-refuse-jurisdiction new-judiciary-law petition-for-writ-of-certiorari plain-meaning-rule promissory-note sanctions statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia | 2023-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases ethics supreme-court | |
| Kamara v International Bank Liberia Limited (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law, Supreme Court | Appellate Review, Civil Law Court, Concurrent Jurisdiction, foreclosure, judicial error, Judicial Review, mandate compliance, mortgage, mortgage law, motion to rescind, procedural fairness, rescission of ruling, Supreme Court of Liberia, term time, unjust enrichment, writ of certiorari | kamara-v-international-bank-liberia-limited-2025 | appellate-review civil-law-court concurrent-jurisdiction foreclosure judicial-error judicial-review mandate-compliance mortgage mortgage-law motion-to-rescind procedural-fairness rescission-of-ruling supreme-court-of-liberia term-time unjust-enrichment writ-of-certiorari | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Knowlden v The Heirs of Cooper (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Inheritance (Wills & Estates) Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Adverse Possession, affirmation of judgment, Appellate Review, bona fide purchaser, buyer beware, Carey Street, caveat, Civil Law Court, Ejectment, eviction, executor’s deed, honorable purchase, illegal occupancy, interpretation of wills, Jury Verdict, Land Dispute, lease, life estate, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, mortgage claim, motion for new trial, probate, property ownership, Randall Street, Real Property, remainder interest, remaindermen, rent collection, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia, tenants, testamentary intent, title deed, warranty deed, weight of evidence, will and testament, writ of possession, wrongful withholding | knowlden-v-the-heirs-of-cooper-2025 | 2025-opinions adverse-possession affirmation-of-judgment appellate-review bona-fide-purchaser buyer-beware carey-street caveat civil-law-court ejectment eviction executors-deed honorable-purchase illegal-occupancy interpretation-of-wills jury-verdict land-dispute lease life-estate mandate monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-claim motion-for-new-trial probate property-ownership randall-street real-property remainder-interest remaindermen rent-collection statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia tenants testamentary-intent title-deed warranty-deed weight-of-evidence will-and-testament writ-of-possession wrongful-withholding | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law inheritance-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Kwaplah International (Liberia) v. The Management of Ecobank (Liberia) Limited (2022) | 2022, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2022 Opinions, Abenego Dahn, abuse of discretion, account statement, agency, alleged fraud, apparent authority, appeal denied, authority of corporate officer, Banking Law, banking practices and procedures, bench trial, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Central Bank of Liberia, check clearing, civil law, Civil Law Court, clearing house, clearing period, commensurate damages, commercial banking, competency of expert, corporate account, corporate personhood, costs taxed, CPL 26.2, criminal conviction and restitution, Damages for Wrong, dismissal without prejudice, documentary evidence, dropping of parties, due diligence, Ecobank Liberia Limited, expert witness, forged board resolution, general damages, Harrison Luo, judgment during trial, judicial discretion, Kwaplah International (Liberia), mandate, misapplication of entrusted property, Montserrado County, motion for summary judgment, Negligence, opening of corporate account, over-the-counter encashment, parent-subsidiary relationship, preponderance of the evidence, proof of affiliation, proof of injury, regulatory compliance, Restitution, separate legal entity, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special damages, speculative damages, standard of care, standard operating procedures, Supreme Court of Liberia, Theft of Property, tort, unjust enrichment | kwaplah-international-liberia-v-the-management-of-ecobank-liberia-limited-2022 | 2022-opinions abenego-dahn abuse-of-discretion account-statement agency alleged-fraud apparent-authority appeal-denied authority-of-corporate-officer banking-law banking-practices-and-procedures bench-trial best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof central-bank-of-liberia check-clearing civil-law civil-law-court clearing-house clearing-period commensurate-damages commercial-banking competency-of-expert corporate-account corporate-personhood costs-taxed cpl-26-2 criminal-conviction-and-restitution damages-for-wrong dismissal-without-prejudice documentary-evidence dropping-of-parties due-diligence ecobank-liberia-limited expert-witness forged-board-resolution general-damages harrison-luo judgment-during-trial judicial-discretion kwaplah-international-liberia mandate misapplication-of-entrusted-property montserrado-county motion-for-summary-judgment negligence opening-of-corporate-account over-the-counter-encashment parent-subsidiary-relationship preponderance-of-the-evidence proof-of-affiliation proof-of-injury regulatory-compliance restitution separate-legal-entity sixth-judicial-circuit special-damages speculative-damages standard-of-care standard-operating-procedures supreme-court-of-liberia theft-of-property tort unjust-enrichment | 2022-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases corporate-law-case evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Liberian Agricultural Company (LAC) v Associated Development Company (ADC) LRSC 1 (2012) | 2012, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2012 Opinions, action of debt, admission against interest, affirmation of judgment, agency law, Appeal bond, Appellate Review, Associated Development Company (ADC), best evidence rule, Buchanan Port, burden of proof, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), civil law, commercial transactions, Debt Court of Montserrado County, documentary evidence, enforcement of judgment pending appeal, INA Decree No. 12, Jurisdiction, Liberian Agricultural Company (LAC), offset and set-off, reimbursement of expenses, renovation contract, statute of frauds, subpoena duces tecum, Supreme Court of Liberia, telegraphic transfer, warehouse lease | lac-v-adc-lrsc-1-2012 liberian-agricultural-company-lac-v-associated-development-company-adc-lrsc-1-2012 | 2012-opinions action-of-debt admission-against-interest affirmation-of-judgment agency-law appeal-bond appellate-review associated-development-company-adc best-evidence-rule buchanan-port burden-of-proof catholic-relief-services-crs civil-law commercial-transactions debt-court-of-montserrado-county documentary-evidence enforcement-of-judgment-pending-appeal ina-decree-no-12 jurisdiction liberian-agricultural-company-lac offset-and-set-off reimbursement-of-expenses renovation-contract statute-of-frauds subpoena-duces-tecum supreme-court-of-liberia telegraphic-transfer warehouse-lease | 2012-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Liminco v. Judge Paye et al. LRSC1 (2017) | 2017, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Ethics | 2017 Opinions, abuse of discretion, Appellate Review, arbitration clause, assignment of rights, breach of contract, Civil Procedure, Conflict of Interest, conflict of jurisdiction, constitutional law, Contract Law, Corporate Law, Default Judgment, Due Process, ECOWAS Court, Enforcement of Judgment, Estoppel, fraud, iron ore agreement, judicial misconduct, Jurisdiction, Legal Ethics, Mining Law, Ministry of Justice, Montserrado County, Natural Resources, notice of assignment, public auction, Receivership, Reversal, Service of Process, Sixth Judicial Circuit, special jury, Supreme Court of Liberia, verification of pleadings, Writ of Prohibition | liminco-v-judge-paye-et-al-lrsc1-2017 | 2017-opinions abuse-of-discretion appellate-review arbitration-clause assignment-of-rights breach-of-contract civil-procedure conflict-of-interest conflict-of-jurisdiction constitutional-law contract-law corporate-law default-judgment due-process ecowas-court enforcement-of-judgment estoppel fraud iron-ore-agreement judicial-misconduct jurisdiction legal-ethics mining-law ministry-of-justice montserrado-county natural-resources notice-of-assignment public-auction receivership reversal service-of-process sixth-judicial-circuit special-jury supreme-court-of-liberia verification-of-pleadings writ-of-prohibition | 2017-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases constitutional-law-cases ethics supreme-court | |
| Lloyd’s Insurance v Trading Co. LRSC 5; 24 LLR 70 (1975) | 1975, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, Maritime Law | 1975 Opinions, Appellate Review, burden of proof, civil law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, damages, indemnity, insurable interest, insurance law, interpretation of insurance contract, liability, marine insurance, subrogation, Supreme Court of Liberia | lloyds-insurance-v-trading-co-lrsc-5-24-llr-70-1975 | 1975-opinions appellate-review burden-of-proof civil-law commercial-law contract-law damages indemnity insurable-interest insurance-law interpretation-of-insurance-contract liability marine-insurance subrogation supreme-court-of-liberia | 1975-1 commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law maritime-law supreme-court | |
| Manhattan Trading Corp. V. World Bank LRSC 26 (2016) | 2016, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | Appeal bond, appeal bond requirement (CPL 51.8), declaratory judgment, exception to surety (CPL 63.5), FDA v. FDA Workers Union, indemnification, insurance company surety (ICA), Intercon Security Systems v. Philips, jurisdiction divestiture (trial court), Justice Wolokollie, Kerpai v. Kpene, lease dispute, Liberia civil procedure, Manhattan Trading Corporation v. World Bank, Motion to dismiss appeal, Notice of Completion of Appeal, Nunc Pro Tunc, procedural waiver, regulatory certification of surety, sufficiency of surety, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, Thompson v. George, unpaid rent, waiver and laches | manhattan-trading-corp-v-world-bank-lrsc-26-2016 | appeal-bond appeal-bond-requirement-cpl-51-8 declaratory-judgment exception-to-surety-cpl-63-5 fda-v-fda-workers-union indemnification insurance-company-surety-ica intercon-security-systems-v-philips jurisdiction-divestiture-trial-court justice-wolokollie kerpai-v-kpene lease-dispute liberia-civil-procedure manhattan-trading-corporation-v-world-bank motion-to-dismiss-appeal notice-of-completion-of-appeal nunc-pro-tunc procedural-waiver regulatory-certification-of-surety sufficiency-of-surety summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia thompson-v-george unpaid-rent waiver-and-laches | 2016-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Marpleh et al v RL LRSC 33; 19 LLR 335 (1969) | 1969, Commercial Law, Criminal Law, Evidence Law | 1969 Opinions, accessory after the fact, aiding felon, Appellate Review, bearer instrument, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Bureau of General Accounting and Audits, corpus delicti, Court Administrator, Criminal Law, criminal participation, cross-examination, directed verdict, escape from punishment, Evidence, evidentiary error, false payroll entries, fictitious employees, fictitious payee, First Judicial Circuit, forged endorsements, fraudulent payroll, government checks, grand larceny, harmless error, judicial finance fraud, Judiciary payroll, Jury Trial, Jury Verdict, larceny, merchant testimony, Montserrado County, negotiable instruments, Nimba County Debt Court, payroll clerk testimony, payroll fraud, plea of not guilty, pre-audit irregularities, principal and accessory distinction, prosecution witnesses, reasonable doubt, Supreme Court of Liberia, Treasury Department, variance, variance between indictment and proof, voucher fraud | marpleh-et-al-v-rl-lrsc-33-19-llr-335-1969 | 1969-opinions accessory-after-the-fact aiding-felon appellate-review bearer-instrument best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof bureau-of-general-accounting-and-audits corpus-delicti court-administrator criminal-law criminal-participation cross-examination directed-verdict escape-from-punishment evidence evidentiary-error false-payroll-entries fictitious-employees fictitious-payee first-judicial-circuit forged-endorsements fraudulent-payroll government-checks grand-larceny harmless-error judicial-finance-fraud judiciary-payroll jury-trial jury-verdict larceny merchant-testimony montserrado-county negotiable-instruments nimba-county-debt-court payroll-clerk-testimony payroll-fraud plea-of-not-guilty pre-audit-irregularities principal-and-accessory-distinction prosecution-witnesses reasonable-doubt supreme-court-of-liberia treasury-department variance variance-between-indictment-and-proof voucher-fraud | 1969-1 commercial-law-cases criminal-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| Meridian Bank BIAO et al.v. Cllr. Benedict F. Sannoh (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, Attorney Retainer, Bank Seizure, Central Bank of Liberia, Contract Termination, Debt Action, Financial Institutions Act, Jurisdiction, Receivership, Rule 5 – Debt Court, Statutory Time Limit, Supreme Court of Liberia, Void ab initio | selma-v-gorpudolo-2025-bill-of-information | 2025-opinions attorney-retainer bank-seizure central-bank-of-liberia contract-termination debt-action financial-institutions-act jurisdiction receivership rule-5-debt-court statutory-time-limit supreme-court-of-liberia void-ab-initio | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Misoschewsk et al v. Afriland First Bank (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, Afriland First Bank, Associations Law, Banking Law, Capacity to Sue, Certiorari, Civil Procedure, Corporate Law, Corporate Personality, Deposit Contract, Jurisdiction, Liberia Supreme Court, Standing | misoschewsk-et-al-v-afriland-first-bank-2025 | 2025-opinions afriland-first-bank associations-law banking-law capacity-to-sue certiorari civil-procedure corporate-law corporate-personality deposit-contract jurisdiction liberia-supreme-court standing | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Modern Development & Management Corporation (MDMC) v Government of the Republic of Liberia (2025) (Bill of Information) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, Bill of information, Chambers Justice, compliance with mandate, concession agreement, contempt of court, driver’s license, enforcement of court orders, enforcement pending appeal, Judicial Notice, Liberia Traffic Management Incorporated, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Transport, Modern Development & Management Corporation, Montserrado County, privy parties, prohibition appeal, public-private partnership, stay order, Supreme Court of Liberia, vehicle registration, Writ of Prohibition | modern-development-management-corporation-mdmc-v-government-of-the-republic-of-liberia-2025-bill-of-information | 2025-opinions bill-of-information chambers-justice compliance-with-mandate concession-agreement contempt-of-court drivers-license enforcement-of-court-orders enforcement-pending-appeal judicial-notice liberia-traffic-management-incorporated ministry-of-justice ministry-of-transport modern-development-management-corporation montserrado-county privy-parties prohibition-appeal public-private-partnership stay-order supreme-court-of-liberia vehicle-registration writ-of-prohibition | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Morgan v Barclay et al. LRSC 22; 42 LLR 259 (2004) | 2004, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Evidence Law, Property Law | 2004 Opinions, Civil Law Court, conveyance, Ejectment, executor’s duty, Jury Verdict, leasehold, legal capacity to sue, mixed issues of law and fact, Montserrado County, preponderance of evidence, Probate Court, Standing to Sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, Testate Estate, unjust enrichment, void transaction | morgan-v-barclay-et-al-lrsc-22-42-llr-259-2004 | 2004-opinions civil-law-court conveyance ejectment executors-duty jury-verdict leasehold legal-capacity-to-sue mixed-issues-of-law-and-fact montserrado-county preponderance-of-evidence probate-court standing-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia testate-estate unjust-enrichment void-transaction | 2004-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases evidence-law property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Mutual Benefit Assurance Company (MBAC) v. Bea Mountains Mining Corporation (BMMC) (2023) | 2023, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2023 Opinions, abuse of process, action of debt, affirmation, affirmation of lower court, appeal process, Appellate Review, Arbitration Award, arbitration proceedings, Article IV, Bea Mountain Mining Corporation, bill of costs, Bill of Exceptions, breach of contract, Chambers Justice ruling, Civil Procedure, Commercial Code Section 7.54, Commercial Court, Commercial Court Act, Commercial Law, completion of appeal, construction contract, contractual liability, corrective remedy, Debt Action, denial of writ, enforcement of arbitral award, enforcement of award as judgment, Enforcement of Judgment, escrow account deposit, escrow requirement, foreign arbitral award, guarantee bond, indemnity obligation, interlocutory vs final judgment, International Construction Engineering (ICE), Jurisdiction, jurisdictional challenge, London arbitration, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, Mutual Benefit Assurance Company, perfection of appeal, performance bond, petition for prohibition, pretrial conference, preventive remedy, privity of contract, prohibition not substitute for appeal, remedial writs, statutory compliance, stay of enforcement, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, trial court error allegations, Writ of Prohibition | mutual-benefit-assurance-company-mbac-v-bea-mountains-mining-corporation-bmmc-2023 | 2023-opinions abuse-of-process action-of-debt affirmation affirmation-of-lower-court appeal-process appellate-review arbitration-award arbitration-proceedings article-iv bea-mountain-mining-corporation bill-of-costs bill-of-exceptions breach-of-contract chambers-justice-ruling civil-procedure commercial-code-section-7-54 commercial-court commercial-court-act commercial-law completion-of-appeal construction-contract contractual-liability corrective-remedy debt-action denial-of-writ enforcement-of-arbitral-award enforcement-of-award-as-judgment enforcement-of-judgment escrow-account-deposit escrow-requirement foreign-arbitral-award guarantee-bond indemnity-obligation interlocutory-vs-final-judgment international-construction-engineering-ice jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge london-arbitration mandate monrovia montserrado-county mutual-benefit-assurance-company perfection-of-appeal performance-bond petition-for-prohibition pretrial-conference preventive-remedy privity-of-contract prohibition-not-substitute-for-appeal remedial-writs statutory-compliance stay-of-enforcement summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia trial-court-error-allegations writ-of-prohibition | 2023-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Mutual Benefit Assurance Company v Bea Mountains Corporation (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, action of debt, advance payment guarantee, Appeal, appeal process, Arbitration Award, arbitration clause, Aureus Mining Inc., Bea Mountain Mining Corporation, Bill of information, Chambers Justice ruling, Commercial Court, Commercial Court Act, contempt of court, Escrow Account, indemnity bond, International Construction & Engineering (Liberia) Inc., irregularity in execution, Jurisdiction, Mandate Enforcement, Montserrado County, Mutual Benefit Assurance Company, performance bond, Prohibition, Supreme Court of Liberia | mutual-benefit-assurance-company-vs-bea-mountains-corporation-2025 | 2025-opinions action-of-debt advance-payment-guarantee appeal appeal-process arbitration-award arbitration-clause aureus-mining-inc bea-mountain-mining-corporation bill-of-information chambers-justice-ruling commercial-court commercial-court-act contempt-of-court escrow-account indemnity-bond international-construction-engineering-liberia-inc irregularity-in-execution jurisdiction mandate-enforcement montserrado-county mutual-benefit-assurance-company performance-bond prohibition supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Natural Resources Development Corporation (NRDC) v The Intestate of Macdonald A. Wento (2026) | 2026, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law | 2026 Opinions, actual controversy, agency relationship, alternative dispute resolution, Appellate Review, arbitration agreement, arbitration clause, arbitration vs court jurisdiction, authority of counsel, board resolution, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure Law Chapter 43, Civil Procedure Law Section 1:64.1, Civil Procedure Law Section 43.5, Commercial Law, contractual arbitration, corporate concession dispute, corporate governance, Corporate Law, declaratory judgment, declaratory relief scope, dismissal of action, equity interest, Estate Administration, forest concession, injunction relief, interested party requirement, Intestate Estate, Jurisdiction, law firm authority, legal capacity, Liberia corporate dispute, logging rights, mandate to lower court, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, ownership dispute, petition for declaratory judgment, pleadings, preliminary injunction, proof of ownership, reversal on appeal, share certificates, share transfer, shareholders’ rights, shareholding dispute, Sixth Judicial Circuit, Standing to Sue, subject matter jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, temporary restraining order | natural-resources-development-corporation-nrdc-v-the-intestate-of-macdonald-a-wento-2026 | 2026-opinions actual-controversy agency-relationship alternative-dispute-resolution appellate-review arbitration-agreement arbitration-clause arbitration-vs-court-jurisdiction authority-of-counsel board-resolution civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure-law-chapter-43 civil-procedure-law-section-164-1 civil-procedure-law-section-43-5 commercial-law contractual-arbitration corporate-concession-dispute corporate-governance corporate-law declaratory-judgment declaratory-relief-scope dismissal-of-action equity-interest estate-administration forest-concession injunction-relief interested-party-requirement intestate-estate jurisdiction law-firm-authority legal-capacity liberia-corporate-dispute logging-rights mandate-to-lower-court montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss ownership-dispute petition-for-declaratory-judgment pleadings preliminary-injunction proof-of-ownership reversal-on-appeal share-certificates share-transfer shareholders-rights shareholding-dispute sixth-judicial-circuit standing-to-sue subject-matter-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia temporary-restraining-order | 2026-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases corporate-law-case supreme-court | |
| Novomatic Gaming Industry GmbH v. Palm Spring Gaming Company (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, action to recover chattel, Appellate Review, arbitration clause, arbitration enforceability, Article 25 Constitution of Liberia, breach of contract, Chicri Brothers v. Isuzu Motors, Civil Law Court, contractual waiver, corporate authorization, enforcement of contract, foreign governing law, gaming machines, international chamber of commerce arbitration, international commercial arbitration, judgment affirmed, Jurisdiction, lease agreement, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, obligation of contracts, power of attorney, Standing to Sue, Supreme Court of Liberia, Vienna Austria | novomatic-gaming-industry-gmbh-v-palm-spring-gaming-company-2025 | 2025-opinions action-to-recover-chattel appellate-review arbitration-clause arbitration-enforceability article-25-constitution-of-liberia breach-of-contract chicri-brothers-v-isuzu-motors civil-law-court contractual-waiver corporate-authorization enforcement-of-contract foreign-governing-law gaming-machines international-chamber-of-commerce-arbitration international-commercial-arbitration judgment-affirmed jurisdiction lease-agreement montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss obligation-of-contracts power-of-attorney standing-to-sue supreme-court-of-liberia vienna-austria | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Patrick Vision Inc. v Arcelor Mittal Liberia (2025) | 2025, Arbitration, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2025 Opinions, Appeal, Appellate Review, arbitration, arbitration clause, civil law, contracts, Damages for Wrong, destruction of property, international chamber of commerce arbitration, Jurisdiction, Montserrado County, Motion to Dismiss, reversal and remand, sanctity of contracts, Supreme Court of Liberia, termination of contract, tortious conduct, wrongful seizure of property | patrick-vision-inc-v-arcelor-mittal-liberia-2025 | 2025-opinions appeal appellate-review arbitration arbitration-clause civil-law contracts damages-for-wrong destruction-of-property international-chamber-of-commerce-arbitration jurisdiction montserrado-county motion-to-dismiss reversal-and-remand sanctity-of-contracts supreme-court-of-liberia termination-of-contract tortious-conduct wrongful-seizure-of-property | 2025-1 arbitration civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Pioneer Construction Company v Her Honor Morgan et al. LRSC 41 (2015) | 2015, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law | 2015 Opinions, action of debt, Appeal bond, appellate procedure, Article 20(b), Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Court of Liberia, Commercial Law, condition precedent to appeal, constitutional law, constitutionality of statute, Enforcement of Judgment, Escrow Account, International Bank (Liberia) Limited, judicial discretion, Judicial Review, Judiciary Law, legislative authority, loan agreement, mandamus denied, Monrovia, Montserrado County, mortgage deed, payment of judgment, personal guarantee, petition for writ of mandamus, Pioneer Construction Company, prerogative writs, promissory note, restructured loan, right of appeal, separation of powers, Statutory interpretation, stay of execution, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, Title 17 | pioneer-construction-company-v-her-honor-morgan-et-al-lrsc-41-2015 | 2015-opinions action-of-debt appeal-bond appellate-procedure article-20b banking-law civil-procedure commercial-court-of-liberia commercial-law condition-precedent-to-appeal constitutional-law constitutionality-of-statute enforcement-of-judgment escrow-account international-bank-liberia-limited judicial-discretion judicial-review judiciary-law legislative-authority loan-agreement mandamus-denied monrovia montserrado-county mortgage-deed payment-of-judgment personal-guarantee petition-for-writ-of-mandamus pioneer-construction-company prerogative-writs promissory-note restructured-loan right-of-appeal separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation stay-of-execution summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia title-17 | 2015-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases constitutional-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Prince D. Jegbadai et al. v The Liberian Bank for Development & Investment (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2025 Opinions, Civil Procedure, Concurrent Jurisdiction, Foreclosure of Mortgage, Letters of Administration, Motion for Relief from Judgment, Probate Law, Procedural Law, Reasonable Time, Standing, Supreme Court of Liberia | prince-d-jegbadai-et-al-vs-the-liberian-bank-for-development-investment-2025 | 2025-opinions civil-procedure concurrent-jurisdiction foreclosure-of-mortgage letters-of-administration motion-for-relief-from-judgment probate-law procedural-law reasonable-time standing supreme-court-of-liberia | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| RL v Bernice Trading Center LRSC 54 (2014) | 2014, Administrative Law, Commercial Law | 2014 Opinions, Administrative Law, Administrative Procedure Act, administrative remedies, Bernice Trading Center, commercial regulation, Due Process, exhaustion of remedies, import regulation, Judicial Review, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, obscenity regulation, Prohibition, regulation of commerce, Supreme Court of Liberia, ultra vires administrative action, Writ of Prohibition | rl-v-bernice-trading-center-lrsc-54-2014 | 2014-opinions administrative-law administrative-procedure-act administrative-remedies bernice-trading-center commercial-regulation due-process exhaustion-of-remedies import-regulation judicial-review ministry-of-commerce-and-industry obscenity-regulation prohibition regulation-of-commerce supreme-court-of-liberia ultra-vires-administrative-action writ-of-prohibition | 2014-1 administrative-law commercial-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Srimex Oil and Gas Company v His Honor George W. Smith et al (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law | 2025 Opinions, 50/50 revenue sharing, access to evidence, administrative costs, appellate jurisdiction, auditing and accounting, Bill of information, capital expenditure, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, comprehensive financial audit, construction costs, cost allocation, court-ordered audit, Credit Suisse records, deviation from mandate, dilatory tactics, Due Process, improper execution of mandate, instructions to trial court, insurance, international commercial dispute, legal fees, Mandate Enforcement, mandate to resume jurisdiction, Monrovia, Montserrado County, notice and opportunity to be heard, oil and gas, operational expenses, outstanding balance liability, petroleum terminal, reimbursement of investment, remand, rent, revenue accounting, salaries and wages, scope of mandate, Sixth Judicial Circuit, storage and sale of petroleum products, supervisory jurisdiction, Supreme Court of Liberia, Switzerland, third-party confirmations, transparency and fairness, underlying source documents, waiver and laches | srimex-oil-and-gas-company-v-his-honor-george-w-smith-et-al-2025 | 2025-opinions 50-50-revenue-sharing access-to-evidence administrative-costs appellate-jurisdiction auditing-and-accounting bill-of-information capital-expenditure civil-law-court civil-procedure comprehensive-financial-audit construction-costs cost-allocation court-ordered-audit credit-suisse-records deviation-from-mandate dilatory-tactics due-process improper-execution-of-mandate instructions-to-trial-court insurance international-commercial-dispute legal-fees mandate-enforcement mandate-to-resume-jurisdiction monrovia montserrado-county notice-and-opportunity-to-be-heard oil-and-gas operational-expenses outstanding-balance-liability petroleum-terminal reimbursement-of-investment remand rent revenue-accounting salaries-and-wages scope-of-mandate sixth-judicial-circuit storage-and-sale-of-petroleum-products supervisory-jurisdiction supreme-court-of-liberia switzerland third-party-confirmations transparency-and-fairness underlying-source-documents waiver-and-laches | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Stoner Liberia Inc. vs. Ecobank Liberia Limited (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law | 2023 Opinions, action of debt, admission of indebtedness, Article III(4), Banking Law, Civil Procedure, collateral source of repayment, Commercial Court of Liberia Act, Commercial Law, costs taxed, damages award, debt by attachment, Ecobank Liberia Limited, Eva Mappy Morgan, extraordinary writ, guaranty/third-party responsibility, interlocutory ruling, Joinder of Parties, Judicial Notice, Jurisdiction, loan facility, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, moot by operation of law, mootness, motion to join indispensable party, no genuine issue of material fact, prior Supreme Court judgment, proceeding by wrong rules, prohibition as remedy, prohibition not substitute for appeal, prompt determination of commercial disputes, remand to court below, res judicata principles, review of interlocutory ruling, single judge ruling, Stoner Liberia Inc., sua sponte dismissal, summary judgment, Supreme Court of Liberia, three-judge panel, Total Liberia Inc., window for review, Writ of Prohibition | stoner-liberia-inc-vs-ecobank-liberia-limited-2023 | 2023-opinions action-of-debt admission-of-indebtedness article-iii4 banking-law civil-procedure collateral-source-of-repayment commercial-court-of-liberia-act commercial-law costs-taxed damages-award debt-by-attachment ecobank-liberia-limited eva-mappy-morgan extraordinary-writ guaranty-third-party-responsibility interlocutory-ruling joinder-of-parties judicial-notice jurisdiction loan-facility mandate monrovia montserrado-county moot-by-operation-of-law mootness motion-to-join-indispensable-party no-genuine-issue-of-material-fact prior-supreme-court-judgment proceeding-by-wrong-rules prohibition-as-remedy prohibition-not-substitute-for-appeal prompt-determination-of-commercial-disputes remand-to-court-below res-judicata-principles review-of-interlocutory-ruling single-judge-ruling stoner-liberia-inc sua-sponte-dismissal summary-judgment supreme-court-of-liberia three-judge-panel total-liberia-inc window-for-review writ-of-prohibition | 2023-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Tarpeh v RL LRSC 5; 34 LLR 334 (1987) | 1987, Commercial Law, Criminal Law | 1987 Opinions, action of debt by attachment, compromise and settlement, conversion of funds, creditor-debtor relationship, Criminal Law, debt, embezzlement, private prosecutrix, promissory note, Supreme Court of Liberia, voluntary transfer of title | tarpeh-v-rl-lrsc-5-34-llr-334-1987 | 1987-opinions action-of-debt-by-attachment compromise-and-settlement conversion-of-funds creditor-debtor-relationship criminal-law debt embezzlement private-prosecutrix promissory-note supreme-court-of-liberia voluntary-transfer-of-title | 1987-1 commercial-law-cases criminal-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Central Bank of the Republic of Liberia (CBL) v Doe LRSC 2 (2015) | 2015, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law | 2015 Opinions, abandoned property, action of debt, appeal bond requirement, Appellate Review, Banking Law, best evidence rule, burden of proof, Central Bank of Liberia, Citibank Liberia, civil law, Commercial Court, Commercial Law, constitutional challenge, costs disallowed, Deposit Contract, depositor rights, dormant account, escrow pending appeal, Fiduciary Duty, fifteen-year rule, financial institutions law, general agent, Judicial Notice, liquidation plan, mandate, Meridian Bank Liberia Limited, Montserrado County, mootness, National Bank of Liberia, passbook evidence, paying agent agreement, preponderance of evidence, proof of payment, reversal of judgment, savings account, Statute of Limitations, statutory presumption of abandonment, Supreme Court of Liberia, trust account, unclaimed deposits, voluntary liquidation, winding up | cbl-v-doe-lrsc-2-2015 the-central-bank-of-the-republic-of-liberia-cbl-v-doe-lrsc-2-2015 | 2015-opinions abandoned-property action-of-debt appeal-bond-requirement appellate-review banking-law best-evidence-rule burden-of-proof central-bank-of-liberia citibank-liberia civil-law commercial-court commercial-law constitutional-challenge costs-disallowed deposit-contract depositor-rights dormant-account escrow-pending-appeal fiduciary-duty fifteen-year-rule financial-institutions-law general-agent judicial-notice liquidation-plan mandate meridian-bank-liberia-limited montserrado-county mootness national-bank-of-liberia passbook-evidence paying-agent-agreement preponderance-of-evidence proof-of-payment reversal-of-judgment savings-account statute-of-limitations statutory-presumption-of-abandonment supreme-court-of-liberia trust-account unclaimed-deposits voluntary-liquidation winding-up | 2015-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law supreme-court | |
| The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) Vs United Commodities Inc. (2020) | 2020, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Health Law, Insurance Law | 2020 Opinions, Appellate Review, banking and finance law, breach of contract, civil law, collateral management, Commercial Law, contractual interpretation, Costs, damaged goods, default on loan, Ebola outbreak, ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), Escrow Account, field warehousing agreement, Force Majeure, foreclosure rights, impossibility of performance, insurance obligation, international finance, Liberia Bank for Development and Investment (LBDI), loan agreement, mandate, Montserrado County, mortgage security, personal guarantees, petition for declaratory judgment, reversal of trial court judgment, risk of loss, Supreme Court of Liberia, unconditional liability, United Commodities Inc., unjust enrichment | the-ecowas-bank-for-investment-and-development-ebid-vs-united-commodities-inc-2020 | 2020-opinions appellate-review banking-and-finance-law breach-of-contract civil-law collateral-management commercial-law contractual-interpretation costs damaged-goods default-on-loan ebola-outbreak ecowas-bank-for-investment-and-development-ebid escrow-account field-warehousing-agreement force-majeure foreclosure-rights impossibility-of-performance insurance-obligation international-finance liberia-bank-for-development-and-investment-lbdi loan-agreement mandate montserrado-county mortgage-security personal-guarantees petition-for-declaratory-judgment reversal-of-trial-court-judgment risk-of-loss supreme-court-of-liberia unconditional-liability united-commodities-inc unjust-enrichment | 2020-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases health-law insurance-law supreme-court | |
| The Intestate Estate of John N. Lewis v Kumba Bendu and Sons (2024) | 2024, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Property Law | 2024, action of debt, Appeal, Appellate Review, Bill of information, civil law, Civil Law Court, Civil Procedure, commercial tenancy, competing judgments, Debt Court, Due Process, Ejectment, Enforcement of Judgment, Escrow Account, interlocutory ruling, Judicial Review, lease agreement, Montserrado County, party of interest, petition for certiorari, prejudicial error, property ownership dispute, Rental Arrears, standing and capacity, sub-lease, Supreme Court of Liberia, title to real property, writ of certiorari | the-intestate-estate-of-john-n-lewis-vs-kumba-bendu-and-sons-2024 | 2024 action-of-debt appeal appellate-review bill-of-information civil-law civil-law-court civil-procedure commercial-tenancy competing-judgments debt-court due-process ejectment enforcement-of-judgment escrow-account interlocutory-ruling judicial-review lease-agreement montserrado-county party-of-interest petition-for-certiorari prejudicial-error property-ownership-dispute rental-arrears standing-and-capacity sub-lease supreme-court-of-liberia title-to-real-property writ-of-certiorari | 2024-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases property-law-cases supreme-court | |
| The Liberian Bank for Development & Investment v BMC Workers of Bong Mining Company (2025) | 2025, Banking Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Ethics | 2010 Settlement, Appeal, Attorney Ethics, Banker–Depositor Relationship, Bong Mining Company (BMC), Civil Law Court Montserrado, Client Consent, Damages for Wrong, Judgment Satisfaction (10-year), Judicial Notice, LBDI, Liberia Case Law 2025, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Ministry of Finance Circular 1-1983, Redundancy Payments, Settlement Release, Statute of Limitations, Supreme Court of Liberia, Unmeritorious Suit, Writ of Prohibition | the-liberian-bank-for-development-investment-v-bmc-workers-of-bong-mining-company-2025 | 2010-settlement appeal attorney-ethics banker-depositor-relationship bong-mining-company-bmc civil-law-court-montserrado client-consent damages-for-wrong judgment-satisfaction-10-year judicial-notice lbdi liberia-case-law-2025 memorandum-of-understanding-mou ministry-of-finance-circular-1-1983 redundancy-payments settlement-release statute-of-limitations supreme-court-of-liberia unmeritorious-suit writ-of-prohibition | 2025-1 banking-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases ethics supreme-court | |
| The Management of Ecobank Liberia Limited v. Embassy Suite Corporation (2023) | 2023, Banking Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Evidence Law, Private Wrongs Law/Torts | 2023 opinion, absence of board resolution, Action of Damages for Wrong, Appeal, collateral VIP premises name change, Commercial Court debt by attachment and garnishment, damages without proof of injury, Ecobank Liberia Limited v Embassy Suite Corporation, joint and several loan obligation, lack of corporate existence at time of wrong, no transfer of assets or liabilities, ruling reversed, sole proprietorship vs corporation, Standing to Sue, successor liability not proven, Supreme Court of Liberia, Tort Law, ultra vires corporate act, verdict against weight of evidence | the-management-of-ecobank-liberia-limited-v-embassy-suite-corporation-2023 | 2023-opinion absence-of-board-resolution action-of-damages-for-wrong appeal collateral-vip-premises-name-change commercial-court-debt-by-attachment-and-garnishment damages-without-proof-of-injury ecobank-liberia-limited-v-embassy-suite-corporation joint-and-several-loan-obligation lack-of-corporate-existence-at-time-of-wrong no-transfer-of-assets-or-liabilities ruling-reversed sole-proprietorship-vs-corporation standing-to-sue successor-liability-not-proven supreme-court-of-liberia tort-law ultra-vires-corporate-act verdict-against-weight-of-evidence | 2023-1 banking-law commercial-law-cases corporate-law-case evidence-law private-wrongs-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Urban Marketing, Inc. v. John Hilary Tubman (2024) | 2024, Arbitration, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2024 Opinions, arbitration, arbitration award confirmation, Article 25 Constitution, cancellation of agreement, Chapter 64 Civil Procedure Law, Civil Law Court, contract breach, Due Process, John Hilary Tubman, joint venture, Montserrado County, petition to compel arbitration, Real Property, sanctity of contract, Sinkor, Supreme Court of Liberia, Urban Marketing Inc. | inc-v-john-hilary-tubman-2024 urban-marketing | 2024-opinions arbitration arbitration-award-confirmation article-25-constitution cancellation-of-agreement chapter-64-civil-procedure-law civil-law-court contract-breach due-process john-hilary-tubman joint-venture montserrado-county petition-to-compel-arbitration real-property sanctity-of-contract sinkor supreme-court-of-liberia urban-marketing-inc | 2024-1 arbitration commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Vrex Remodeling Inc. v. LPRC (2016) | 2016, Administrative Law, Anti-Corruption, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Procurement Law | 2016 Opinion, Administrative Procedure Act, Agency error, Arbitrary and capricious, CARP, Conditional award, Docket advancement, Enforcement petition, Judicial Review, Liberia Supreme Court, LPRC, Lutech Engineering, Ministry of Justice, PPCC, Prequalification, Procurement law, Public safety, Record evidence, Technical requirements, Vrex Remodeling | vrex-remodeling-inc-v-lprc-2016 | 2016-opinion administrative-procedure-act agency-error arbitrary-and-capricious carp conditional-award docket-advancement enforcement-petition judicial-review liberia-supreme-court lprc lutech-engineering ministry-of-justice ppcc prequalification procurement-law public-safety record-evidence technical-requirements vrex-remodeling | 2016-1 administrative-law anti-corruption civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases procurement-law supreme-court | |
| Woiwor v Pol (2025) | 2025, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law | 2025 Opinions, action of debt, Appellate Review, breach of contract, civil law, Commercial Dispute, conditional contract, contractual interpretation, debt by attachment, Debt Court, directed verdict, disputed facts, documentary evidence, financial investment agreement, interest and commission, loan agreement, mandate, Monrovia, Montserrado County, motion for judgment during trial, post-dated cheque, preponderance of evidence, Prima Facie Case, remand for full trial, reversal of trial court, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, unjust enrichment | woiwor-v-pol-2025 | 2025-opinions action-of-debt appellate-review breach-of-contract civil-law commercial-dispute conditional-contract contractual-interpretation debt-by-attachment debt-court directed-verdict disputed-facts documentary-evidence financial-investment-agreement interest-and-commission loan-agreement mandate monrovia montserrado-county motion-for-judgment-during-trial post-dated-cheque preponderance-of-evidence prima-facie-case remand-for-full-trial reversal-of-trial-court sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia unjust-enrichment | 2025-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases supreme-court | |
| Youth for Development & Productivity (YODAP) v The Government of the Republic of Liberia (2026) | 2026, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Evidence Law, International Law (Case) | 2026 Opinions, absence of contract, acknowledgment of debt, action of debt, affirmance of lower court, Appellate Review, best evidence rule, bilateral agreement, burden of proof, civil law, Commercial Court, Commercial Law, Contract Law, corporate capacity, corporate entity, debt recovery, defective writ of summons, denial of claim, dismissal of action, documentary evidence, domestic debt validation, evidentiary insufficiency, failure of proof, failure to prove claim, financing arrangement, fraud allegation, government liability, Government of Liberia, Jurisdiction, lack of consideration, legal personality, limitation period, loan agreement, mandate, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Montserrado County, non-governmental organization, performance of contract, pre-financing claim, privity of contract, proof of performance, public finance, rebuttal evidence, remand, Republic of China (Taiwan), self-serving evidence, Service of Process, sovereign obligations, Standing, statute of frauds, Statute of Limitations, Sufficiency of Evidence, Supreme Court of Liberia, third-party beneficiary, unenforceable contract, witness credibility, written contract requirement | youth-for-development-productivity-yodap-v-the-government-of-the-republic-of-liberia-2026 | 2026-opinions absence-of-contract acknowledgment-of-debt action-of-debt affirmance-of-lower-court appellate-review best-evidence-rule bilateral-agreement burden-of-proof civil-law commercial-court commercial-law contract-law corporate-capacity corporate-entity debt-recovery defective-writ-of-summons denial-of-claim dismissal-of-action documentary-evidence domestic-debt-validation evidentiary-insufficiency failure-of-proof failure-to-prove-claim financing-arrangement fraud-allegation government-liability government-of-liberia jurisdiction lack-of-consideration legal-personality limitation-period loan-agreement mandate ministry-of-finance-and-development-planning montserrado-county non-governmental-organization performance-of-contract pre-financing-claim privity-of-contract proof-of-performance public-finance rebuttal-evidence remand republic-of-china-taiwan self-serving-evidence service-of-process sovereign-obligations standing statute-of-frauds statute-of-limitations sufficiency-of-evidence supreme-court-of-liberia third-party-beneficiary unenforceable-contract witness-credibility written-contract-requirement | 2026-1 civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases evidence-law international-law-case supreme-court | |
| Yuones et al vs. His Honor James E. Jones et al (2024) | 2024, Agency Law, Civil Procedure Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law, Corporate Law | 2024 Opinions, action of debt, admissions, alter ego doctrine, assignment, attachment, bill of costs, Black’s Law Dictionary, Civil Procedure, Commercial Code, consideration, contract, corporate officer, corporate veil, Debt Court, Default Judgment, domestic corporation, Enforcement of Judgment, extraordinary writs, imperfect judgment, Jurisdiction, managing agent, mandate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs as statutory agent, negotiable instrument, Personal Service, prohibition proceeding, registered agent, Resummons, Service by Publication, Service of Process, sole shareholder corporation, Supreme Court of Liberia, WACCO, Writ of Prohibition | joseph-yuones-and-wacco-vs-his-honor-james-e-jones-judge-debt-and-houssini-2024 yuones-et-al-vs-his-honor-james-e-jones-et-al-2024 | 2024-opinions action-of-debt admissions alter-ego-doctrine assignment attachment bill-of-costs blacks-law-dictionary civil-procedure commercial-code consideration contract corporate-officer corporate-veil debt-court default-judgment domestic-corporation enforcement-of-judgment extraordinary-writs imperfect-judgment jurisdiction managing-agent mandate ministry-of-foreign-affairs-as-statutory-agent negotiable-instrument personal-service prohibition-proceeding registered-agent resummons service-by-publication service-of-process sole-shareholder-corporation supreme-court-of-liberia wacco writ-of-prohibition | 2024-1 agency-law civil-procedure-law-cases commercial-law-cases contract-law-cases corporate-law-case supreme-court |